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It’s certainly one of the grander ghost towns – and being Italian, it even has a functioning bar.
These pictures give you a mesmerising glimpse inside the so-called Città dei Balocchi — ‘City of Toys’ — which was once a playground for well-heeled residents and tourists from Milan, an 80-minute drive to the south.
In its heyday, the tourist hotspot, in the foothills of the Alps, lured visitors with quirky architecture and attractions that included shopping galleries, casinos, restaurants, a grand hotel and a ballroom. It even had a fake castle. But now the eerie carcass of this eccentric folly sits crumbling on the hillside, with the surrounding woodlands slowly swallowing it.